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Blatchford's Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Fontmell Magna

Etymology

, perhaps a surname from Blatchford D 207 , but possibly to be connected with messuag ' voc ' Blatche c. 1560Glyn , which may be eModE  blatch ' blacking ' ( NED , from a1500 ) , ' blackstuff or soot ' ( Barnes ) , with reference to dark soil , or the surname Blac (c )h (e ) ( < OE  Blæcca ) found in Do in 1327SR and 1332 SR though not in this par . or Hd .